Farming and Birds by Ian Newton
Published by New Naturalist William Collins Hard and Soft Back 628 pages Price £65.00 and £35.00 Yet another amazing book by Ian who has...
Rare Pallid Harriers and more problems with the establishment
Some of you may have gone to see the male Pallid Harrier in Bowland this spring but now it has been confirmed that there was a second one...
The Short eared Owl in Britain
Short eared Owls are the most persecuted of the owls in Britain for breeding on mainly upland areas of Britain especially where they come...
Shooters to blame for high pigeon numbers!
Malta was once the place for Peregrine Falcons nesting on their many sea cliffs around the island but sadly peregrines were shot on sight...
North West Scotland part 7
Another early departure meant I had the road to myself and what a road it was with many bays and inlets, birch woodland and then the A...
North West Scotland Part 6
I had a long chat with the under keeper for the Inchnadamph Estate first thing which gave me a few more birds of the area like nesting...
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North West Scotland [part 5]
My journalist fried had told me about an abandoned settlement down the road with an amazing beach and a heronry. This was a 6 mile round...
A bothy walk from Abernethy Forest
I have visited the Grant Arms Hotel several times now in the last few years situated in the centre of Speyside, Scotland. I have so far...
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North West Scotland [part 4]
Back on the road! I first went to say thanks to the couple who had let me phone the AA from their house with no phone reception from this...
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North West Scotland [part 3]
I woke up to Cuckoo yet again but leaving the van a pair of Red throated Divers graced the loch. What a beginning! The road was magic at...
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